Public Debt Announces Activity for Securities In The STRIPS Program For November 2005

FOR RELEASE AT 3:00 PM

December 6, 2005

The Bureau of the Public Debt announced activity for the month of November 2005, of securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

In Thousands

Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities)

$ 3,145,712,330

Held in Unstripped Form

$ 2,968,713,424

Held in Stripped Form

$ 176,998,906

Reconstituted in November

$ 101,889,099

The accompanying table gives a breakdown of STRIPS activity by individual loan description. The balances in this table are subject to audit and subsequent revision. These monthly figures are included in Table V of the Monthly Statement of The Public Debt, entitled "Holdings of Treasury Securities in Stripped Form."

The Strips Table along with the new Monthly Statement of the
Public Debt available on Public Debt's Internet site at: www.treasurydirect.gov. A wide range of information about the public debt and
Treasury securities is also available at the site.